How can I record these RTMP streams?

[babaganoosh]

A friend's son graduated from college last week. They asked me to see about making a copy of the video from the service.

Here's the web page with the video:

http://www.emory.edu/commencement/webcast/index.html

Here's I think the flash code related to the video. I tried saving the mp4, but it's only 73KB, I change the rtmp to http and that doesn't let you get the file. Any advice?

<script src="http://realaudio.service.emory.edu/clients/jwplayer5.9/jwplayer.js" type="text/javascript" ></script>
<div id="mediaplayer" ></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
jwplayer('mediaplayer').setup({
'id': 'playerID',
'width': '520',
'height': '316',
'provider': 'rtmp',
'streamer': 'rtmp://realaudio.service.emory.edu/EVENTS/COMMENCE/',
'file': 'commence2012.mp4',
'modes': [
{type: 'flash', src: 'http://realaudio.service.emory.edu/clients/jwplayer5.4/player.swf'},
{type: 'html5',
config: {
'file': 'http://realaudio.service.emory.edu/m3ugen/iPhone-src/EVENTS/COMMENCE/commence2012.mp4',
'provider': 'video'}
}
]
});
</script>

[Bahman]

Download this package and extract it in a folder!! Then double click on command.bat!

[babaganoosh]

THANK YOU! It's doing it now, but it looks like it'd be fine. Can I ask - would you then convert it into a more 'usable' / easier to play format? mp4?

Any recommended converter you like?

[svnpenn]

ffmpeg -i commence2012.flv -c copy commence2012.mp4

[babaganoosh]

Wow! You guys are great!

[babaganoosh]

Sorry, one more question.

Is there a way to tell what the quality of the flv file is so that when i convert it to mp4 (using ojosoft total video converter), I don't choose super high quality and it takes so much longer to convert but there's no improvement in quality since I started with an flv that is 'good' quality and could have just chose a good quality for the mp4?

Right? (using somewhat of an analogy) making a blue ray of an old vcr tape will not give you blue ray quality. You'll just have a much bigger file and the quality will be vcr quality? Or taking a picture of a document with 14MP camera gives the same legibility of the text as a 200dpi scan would, but you have a much larger file?

[greenythebeast]

Originally Posted by babaganoosh

Sorry, one more question.

Is there a way to tell what the quality of the flv file is so that when i convert it to mp4 (using ojosoft total video converter), I don't choose super high quality and it takes so much longer to convert but there's no improvement in quality since I started with an flv that is 'good' quality and could have just chose a good quality for the mp4?

Right? (using somewhat of an analogy) making a blue ray of an old vcr tape will not give you blue ray quality. You'll just have a much bigger file and the quality will be vcr quality? Or taking a picture of a document with 14MP camera gives the same legibility of the text as a 200dpi scan would, but you have a much larger file?

Why don't you just use ffmpeg like the previous poster suggested? ffmpeg remuxes as opposed to converting and should be quick and light on your CPU.

[babaganoosh]

Greeny - why? ignorance : )

I will use it!

Just did. Damn! Much faster! and a problem I had with ojo was that the original feed was widescreen and the ojo mp4 is 640 x 480.

ffmpeg kept the proportions.

I make problems for myself : (

1 question - the audio of the mp4 using ffmpeg is just a tiny hair off from the video. Looking at the flv, they are in sync. Anything I can do about that?

You guys are GREAT!!!

[svnpenn]

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[greenythebeast]

Originally Posted by babaganoosh

Greeny - why? ignorance : )

I will use it!

Just did. Damn! Much faster! and a problem I had with ojo was that the original feed was widescreen and the ojo mp4 is 640 x 480.

ffmpeg kept the proportions.

I make problems for myself : (

1 question - the audio of the mp4 using ffmpeg is just a tiny hair off from the video. Looking at the flv, they are in sync. Anything I can do about that?

You guys are GREAT!!!

Try this:

ffmpeg -i commence2012.flv -c copy -async 1 commence2012.mp4